The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-09-29
TOWN AND COUNTRY
LOCAL LAcoMcs PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

are grower of fine tobacco.
The prett. ceugtry girl will so0a We
with the big pumFk'a for the attention o
the crowd at the county fair.
Read all the advertisements in this paper
4 hey are neat and attractive, and and will
tell you something to your advantage.
We present number Of new advertise
merits this week. 1t will be we'll wolth
Ssur time to read all of them carefully.
A Dakota man was struck by lightr
while returning heme with a borrowed
newspaper. The moral is plain. Now IS
the time 10 Subscribe
The sew firm of Barnes, Stainback & Co.
report business as most satisfactory and
encouraging since they opened. They have
a large stock and sell close.
The new two-cent stamps are out also.
They are printed in delicate green instead
of red, and form most pleasing contrast
when placed on white envelope.
Work on COOpers new warehouse,
Strause & Raab's and Clary Bros prize
factories, and Allen & Ginter's Stemming
establishment is rapidly drawing to fin
ish.
Alex Burwell, a negro, burglarized Mr.
+. r. BObbitt's house a few miles from
town on the 14th inst, and stole Sl3 i'll
money He was caught and lodged in Jail
here Saturday.
Ea.iy Tisers Sunday morning were treat
ed to a sight they had not witnessed before
i'm several months. White frost was plen-
tiful in many places, and the weather was
decidedly chilly.
Those oil cook stoves at Miss Tiers are
the very thing for small families. hey
are convenient and Clearly and cen be Op-
Grated at small cost. See them before you
buy any other stove.
Ira T. Hart, one of our successful farmer
friends who lives some miles West of town,
lost barn of fine tobacco by fire Saturday.
Lewis Clopton who lives near Mr.. Hart
had a barn burned the same day.
Miss Jane e. Yancey offers valuable
farm of 16O acres, situate near Middleburg,
for sale or rent. Land we'll adapted 10
grain. grasses, yellow tobacco, &c. See
advertisement III another column.
The Southern Tobacco journal says Ma Ior
Robert l.. Ragland, of Hyco, Halifax Co,
Va, will. it is said, raise 100 bushels o.
tobacco seed this yea.-enorgh to plant the
entire acreage of the world four tines.
The sycamore trees are now PCS ;rg
through that period of annual shedding o,
the bark Of last years growth. No o.
70, r.,iI -S,EFtJ oh
clothing annually as does the sycamore.
The new one-cent stamps are out and
being issued by the pOstofficc an,hori. e,
as the old issue becomes exhausted. They
are printed in blue, with a profile O.
Franklin as the frontispiece, so to s,3e@1 .
Through the agency of our Man on the
Outside" we present to our readers the adj
VertisementS of 4 number of Norfolk bust.
ness houses this week. Will have more to
say about them individually in our next
issue.
The State Fair commences October ISth
Every effort will be put forth by the
management to make it the most Success
full exhibition the Society has yet held
Fare on the railroad will be reduced to one
cent mile.
The grand opening sale VIII take place
at CoOper's new brick warehouse DC .obet
14th A number of valuable premiums ale
offered and an interesting occasion is eX-
pected. See advertisement elsewhere 20
full particulars about premiums, etc.
The Cotton crop is fast being gathered
N cad no ms rl-nt I'm 70 org
ale considerably enlivened at the hope of
good prices and ready sales. The seasol
is fully two weeks earlier this year and The
farmers have had good weather for getting
in the fieecy staple.
The Southern Tobacco journal, of DAN
VILE. Va. comes to us with new heading
"a decided improvement. Brother Har-
man is nothing if not progressive BY the
way, the journal has just entered upon its
second half year, with bright prospects for
future success and usefulness. 1t deserves
all it gets-and more.
Mr.. W. o. Shannon, one of our popular
citizens who spends good part of his time
on the road as commercial missionary, is
home for awhile looking we'll and hearty
AAC Soou Iii HIS 1IIc, It
representing Austin, Fields & Co., Pill
adelphia, one of the largest and best known
shoe houses in the country.
90 want to thank YOU" writes young
man to b. F. johnson & Co, Richmond,
Va, for placing me in position by which
/ am enabled to make money faster than |
ever did before" This is but sample ex-
tract of the many hundreds of similar let
tiers received by the above firm. See their
advertisement in another column.
4 good rule to follow is never to trouble
trouble unless trouble troubles you. Do
not grieye over things you cannot help.
Remember, those persons who cry over
spilled milk do not stop to reflect that il
may be three parts water. The moral of
this is, that few troubles are really what
they appear 10 be before we approach them
There Is a new counterfeit dollar out
which is said to be a fine piece of work.
manship and hard to detect, being made OF
glass and composition. However, any of OH
friends who desire TO pay their subscription
TO the GOLD LEAF, need not hesitate on
~Lnis account. We Will take the risk OF
having counterfeit dollars passed upon US
Mr.. A. c. ZollicoIer, of counsel for the
express company in the late Merwin rob.
berry case, tells US that from a private let
ter received he learns that Merwin went